Word: levies
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...rich a prospect? Says Levi Richardson, manager of Vietnam affairs for the U.S.-ASEAN Council for Business and Technology: "There will be phenomenal growth. They're starting at ground zero." The U.S.-ASEAN Council, which includes many of the FORTUNE 500 companies that do business in Southeast Asia, has conducted the only systematic survey of Vietnam's business opportunities; it expects roughly $2.6 billion worth of trade and investment to flow within two years and $8.2 billion within five. Even then, Vietnam would not be "a powerhouse like Indonesia and other ASEAN countries," Richardson admits, "but people expect...
There are two erroneous assumptions in this argument; that "interdisciplinarity" is a word, and that Harvard students have not yet been separated from those who think that Levi Strauss is just a clothing company. Dean Buell can rest easy, for there is "some sorting at the entry level." It's called an admissions office...
...befriend and even defend nondemocratic states for mutually beneficial reasons" (a summation Jeane Kirkpatrick could as easily have made). During the campaign, Clinton scored regularly with his attacks on George Bush for "coddling" China's dictators, and it was only last May that Trade Representative Mickey Kantor praised Levi Strauss & Co. for abandoning its China operations to protest Beijing's human-rights violations. But "the dance today," says a Clinton adviser, "is about moving China's abysmal human-rights record off the agenda; it's about ending the superheated argument about holding China's most- favored-nation ((trading)) status hostage...
Meanwhile, on Newbury Street, stylish clientele slip into slightly-worn Levi's, and admire soft plaid wool jackets. At Strutter's, a clean, refined boutique on the trendiest street in the city, modern track lights illuminate brilliant white walls and the expensive hand-embroidered shirts which hang there. Salespeople serve as fashion consultants, hovering near dressing rooms, offering advice on how to coordinate outfits. Their customers admire themselves in full-length mirrors, examining the cut and style of a vintage piece. An earth-toned flannel shirt and matching hunting jacket are prominently displayed together as one of the many luscious...
While in Wakefield, the officers had a pancake breakfast, paid a visit to the hardware store, and received cowboy hats, Levi jeans and denim shirts from town officials...